Stanley Baldwin vs. Richard Cobden
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Stanley Baldwin
1867 – 1947
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was prominent in the political leadership of the United Kingdom between the world wars. He was prime minister on three occasions, from May 1923 to January 1924, from November 1924 to June 1929 and from June 1935 to May 1937.
"...one day there came a great strike in the coalfields. It was one of the earlier strikes, and it became a national strike. We tried to carry on as long as we c…"
Richard Cobden
1804 – 1865
Richard Cobden was a British Radical and Liberal politician, manufacturer, and a campaigner for free trade and peace. He was associated with the Anti–Corn Law League and the Cobden–Chevalier Treaty.
"I know that there are many heads which cannot comprehend and master a proposition in political economy. I believe that study is the highest exercise of the huma…"
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